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Explain why perchlorate, thiocyanate and nitrate that are known major Sodium Iodide Symporter (NIS) inhibitors should be a public health concern
| Task details and instructions: | You will be required to produce a 2500 Patchwork of your learning throughout the module, demonstrating the development of your leadership skills and knowledge necessary to work in Health & Social care contexts.
In order to complete this Patchwork assessment, you will need to: · explore your own engagement in peer and self-review processes (Learning Outcome 1 & 2). · demonstrate the identification and generation of appropriate evidence or patches in order to evidence your engagement with Leadership and Education in your professional / interprofessional environments. (Learning Outcome 2 and 3). · produce an individually justified Personal Leadership Plan (PLP) (Learning Outcome 4). What is a Patchwork assessment? This is where a variety of pieces of work, activities, reflections you engage with throughout the module (which individually are complete in themselves) are woven or stitched together into something new (a patchwork). This end piece of work or patchwork is your critical commentary, where you pick pertinent or key patches to reflect upon, linking these life experiences to theory. How do I develop the patches? Throughout the module, and whilst working in your action learning sets, you will be set tasks, activities, and exercises to help you reflect on what you are learning in the module, how you are linking this to wider practice, what this means to you now and how this impacts on the development of your leadership knowledge and skills. Key Principles of Patchwork assessment: · It is a bespoke and authentic piece of work where you chose the pivotal learning moments which are significant to you to create a “patch”. · It is a continuous process, you are developing skills of synthesising, scrutinising, making sense and reflecting on your learning as you go. · These learning moments are real world learning moments, either from personal experience, observing others, learning from other stories or encounters. · You receive continuous formative feedback in many styles, this could be from supporting your peers and working in your action learning sets, it could be from tutor discussions, it could be from practice mentors etc The minimum pass mark for the module is 40% |
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On successful completion of this assessment, you will be able to:
Module Learning Outcomes 1. Critically evaluate concepts of leadership and make judgements on approaches that solve organisation problems 2. Critically reflect on your approaches to leadership and decision making in complex and unpredictable contexts, acknowledging uncertainly, ambiguity and the limits of knowledge 3. Critically evaluate and reflect on your approach to education in your profession and in inter professional arenas 4. Critically reflect on your emerging leadership approach and ongoing development needs |
| Guidance linked to grid | · Subject Knowledge & Understanding. To complete this element successfully you need to:
· Demonstrate a clear knowledge and understanding of leadership theories and skills required in order to develop effective leadership within the Health and Social Care context. · Provide an examination of your own approaches to leadership development, demonstrating your leadership journey throughout your 3rd year. · Demonstrate a clear understanding and appreciation of how complexity and/ or unpredictability impacts on decision making and leadership in the workplace
Intellectual Skills. To complete this element successfully you need to: · Critically evaluate and incorporate appropriate literature and evidence to support your patchwork discussion and the production of your Personal Leadership Plan · Make informed decisions and judgements about your own leadership behaviours
· Subject Specific Skills. To complete this element successfully you need to: · Consider and critically evaluate potential leadership and /or education challenges and opportunities related to your future professional role. · Explain and critically discuss your detailed Personal Leadership Development Plan including your ideas for implementation and evaluation · Reflect on and critically discuss organisational culture and challenges which may impact on your future leadership role.
· Transferrable Skills. To complete this element successfully you need to: · · Present your work professionally, and ground your discussions in a wide range of contemporary literature. · Demonstrate critical thinking skills which convey your understanding of the leadership at individual and team level · Articulate a self-awareness of learning and development in terms of your own leadership journey |
Digital Presentation & written report
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Communicating global health challenges to a general audience is pivotal to developing awareness of often-complex global health issues. Therefore, for this assignment, you will:
Create a 10-minute PowerPoint presentation and a short report on one global health problem in a country other than Australia.
Instruction: The task is to create a digital presentation on one global health
problem in a country other than Australia. Explain the problem and then evaluate two factors that contributed to its development in the country. Please include a short report using the template attached.
Word limit: Presentation – 10 minutes (no word limit)
Report – 500 words. Headings and in-text citations are included in the word count; the reference page is not (a word count that is outside the ±10% range will lead to a reduction of 10% of the total mark available for the assessment)
Font (Written report): Times New Roman 12
Line Spacing (Written report): 1.5 or double
Reference system: APA 7th (minimum 5 credible references no older than ten years old)
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Discuss: Researchers should be allowed to offer monetary incentives to recruit participants for high risk clinical trials. Include a bibliography and footnotes using AGLC referencing
When Apple reported its fourth quarter earnings in January 2016, they contained a nasty surprise. According to CEO Tim Cook, the strong U.S. dollar had cost Apple nearly $5 billion in revenue. If currency moves were excluded, Apple would have generated $80.8 billion in revenue in the quarter ending December 31, 2015. Instead, it reported $75.9 billion in revenue, knocking down what would have been an 8 percent increase to just 2 percent. Although the U.S. dollar has been trending higher against most currencies since 2012, the appreciation has accelerated since September 2014. For a company like Apple, which gets 66 percent of its revenues from outside of the United States, this can have a major impact. Since September 2014, according to Cook, the appreciation in the value of the dollar against most of the world’s currencies has meant that $100 of Apple’s revenues outside of the United States translated into just $85 by January 2016. With regard to specific currencies, between September 1, 2014, and March 21, 2016, the U.S. dollar appreciated by 17 percent against the euro, 15 percent against the British pound, 5 percent against the Chinese yuan, 21 percent against the Canadian dollar, 33 percent against the Mexican peso, 62 percent against the Brazilian real, and 82 percent against the Russian ruble. Cook referred to these moves, and others like them, as constituting “extreme conditions unlike anything we have seen before just about everywhere we look.” CLOSING CASE Apple’s Earnings Hit by Strong Dollar 310 Part 4 The Global Monetary System Apple has tried to protect the dollar value of its overseas sales by buying currency forward to hedge against future increases, but the appreciation of the dollar has been faster than forecasted, and Apple’s hedging activity has been insufficient to protect the value of its overseas earnings. To shore up its revenues and protect profit margins, in some markets the company has turned to price increases. But there is only so far that Apple can push this strategy before people stop buying its phones. Nor is Apple alone is feeling the pain from a sustained increase in the value of the dollar on foreign exchange markets. Numerous other major technology enterprises— including Microsoft, Google, IBM, and Oracle—have also reported lower revenues and earnings due to the translation effects of the strong dollar. Large technology companies are particularly hard hit by the appreciating dollar because they generate 59 percent of their revenue outside of the United States on average, compared to 48 percent for companies within the broader S&P 500 index. So why is the dollar so strong? There are several reasons. First, the U.S. economy has performed better than most since the great recession of 2008–2009, making it a more attractive destination for foreign capital. The U.S. economy, for example, has consistently outperformed the economies of all major European nations, Japan, Australia, and Canada. Foreigners have responded by investing more in the United States, and the inflow of capital has driven up the value of the dollar. Second, governments in Europe and Japan have responded to slow growth by lowering interest rates and expanding their domestic money supply. The purpose of such “quantitative easing” is to try to encourage consumption and investment. At the same time, interest rates in the United States have started to inch up as the economy continues to expand. Investors have responded by moving money to the United States to take advantage of favorable interest rate differentials. Third, several developing nations have seen their economies hammered by adverse developments, which has put downward pressure on their currencies. The rapid fall in the price of oil since mid-2015, for example, has hit major oil exporting nations such as Russia hard. In Brazil, a serious corruption scandal coupled with economic mismanagement has translated into a lack of consumer confidence, slow economic growth, and a weak currency. In China, a slowdown in the rate of economic growth from 10 percent per annum to around 6 percent per annum is exposing structural flaws in the economy, including excessive debt and too many poorly managed state-owned enterprises, resulting in an outflow of capital. The Chinese reportedly spent $500 billion trying to prop up the value of the yuan against the U.S. dollar in 2015 and another $500 billion in 2016. Despite this aggressive action, the yuan has depreciated against the dollar, although by less than most other major currencies. The conditions that have led to an increase in the value of the dollar are unlikely to change in the near future. For companies like Apple, this means that they must adopt strategies to hedge against further increases. At the same time, too much hedging can expose the company to significant financial risks if the dollar does not move in the predicted direction. It is crucial, therefore, for Apple to get its hedging strategy right. Sources: B. White, “Here Is Why the Dollar Is So Strong and What It Means for Investors,” Business Insider, January 30, 2015; D. Clark, “Strong Dollar Batters Earnings for U.S. Tech Firms,” The Wall Street Journal, January 31, 2016; Mark DeCambre, “Apple Chief Tim Cook: We’re Seeing Extreme Conditions Everywhere We Look,” Market Watch, January 27, 2016. Case Discussion Questions 1. Why did the strong U.S. dollar during 2015 have a negative impact on Apple’s earnings? 2. Why did Apple not fully hedge its foreign exchange exposure to avoid a hit on earnings? 3. Why was the U.S. dollar so strong during the 2014–2016 period? Was the strength in the dollar a rational response to economic fundamentals? 4. Under what conditions do you think the U.S. dollar might weaken against other major currencies (e.g., the euro, yen and yuan? 5. How would a fall in the value of the U.S. dollar against other major currencies impact Apple? 6. Some companies do not hedge their foreign exchange exposure? Do you think Apple is correct to hedge? Why?
Homework Assignment 5 Task 1: Regional Economic Integration (Chapter 9) What effect is the creation of a single market and a single currency within the EU likely to have on the competition within the EU? Why? Write a 1-page paper to summarize your thoughts. Task 2: NAFTA, USMCA and the U.S. Textile Industry (Chapter 9) Prior to the signing of the NAFTA agreement, many concerns were raised regarding the potential for a significant loss of jobs in the American textile industry. Indeed, between 1994 and 2004, employment in the U.S. textile industry fell from about 858,000 to 296,000. However, at the same time, U.S. consumers have enjoyed lower clothing prices and U.S. fabric and yarn makers have seen a boost in their exports to Mexico. QUESTION 1: Who gained from the process of readjustment in the textile industry after NAFTA? Who lost? QUESTION 2: With hindsight, do you think it is better to protect vulnerable industries such as textiles, or let them adjust to the painful winds of change that follow entering into free trade agreements? What would the benefits of protection be? What would the costs be? QUESTION 3: On 1/16/2020, Senate passed USMCA, a revamped trade deal with Mexico and Canada to replace NAFTA. Who would be the winners and losers of USMCA? Write a 1-page paper to summarize your thoughts. Task 3: CLOSING CASE (Chapter 10): Apple’s Earnings Hit by Strong Dollar Summary The closing case explores the implications of changing currency values on the profits of computer giant, Apple. Apple reported a 2016 fourth quarter loss of $5 billion in revenue due to exchange rate changes. The impact on the company was significant, bringing its revenues from an 8 percent increase to just 2 percent. Apple engages in hedging to protect itself from foreign exchange fluctuations, but noted that the rise of the dollar came more quickly than had been forecasted leaving the company exposed. QUESTION 1: Why did the strong U.S. dollar during 2015 have a negative impact on Apple’s earnings? QUESTION 2: Why did Apple not fully hedge its foreign exchange exposure to avoid a hit on earnings? QUESTION 3: Why was the US dollar so strong during the 2014‒2016 period? Was the strength in the dollar a rational response to economic fundamentals? QUESTION 4: Under what conditions do you think the U.S. dollar might weaken against other major currencies (e.g. the euro, yen and yuan)? QUESTION 5: How would a fall in the value of the US dollar against other major currencies impact Apple? QUESTION 6: Some companies do not hedge their foreign exchange exposure. Do you think Apple is correct to hedge? Why?
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Summary: Through the game Firewatch, define and explain the elements of a video game that the developers use to create meaning (that is, to get across ideas, values, critics, etc). Explain what the game means, i.e., its themes, its message, its central ideas. Specifics: Part 1. Play Play Firewatch. If you have technical problems, contact me (or google them–there are a lot of good answers out there). Part II: Write an analysis of the game, in the following structure: Introduction. Explain briefly what the theme of the game is. What does the game mean? What is it about? Explain what it intends to say (its central ideas or critical commentaries), through the experience it creates. This is your thesis. Explain briefly what elements of the game you will analyze and offer as evidence. 2. Analysis Analyze the different aspects of the game and explain how they contribute to creating the meaning (the theme you have singled out in the introduction) of the game. Some of the aspects of the game you can/should analyze are: Character Plot World (the setting, both the physical setting and the kind of world it is (deterministic, bleak, happy, etc). Formal elements (such as color, sounds, etc). Mechanics (what the player does, the choices the player can make, what the player does to win/complete the game) Your analysis of each of these elements should be focused on proving your thesis. In other words, your analysis of all these elements should focus on explaining to the reader the ways in which each element reinforces or proves that the game means what you say it does. Below is a sample introduction to give you an idea of how to proceed: Sample Introduction: “In this essay, I will show that Firewatch is ultimately shows that in life, we are often powerless. First, I will analyze the character of Henry to show that he is ultimately powerless to stop his wife from declining; and similarly, the the character of Ned is also powerless to stop his own personal tragedy. I will analyze the plot, and show that no matter what choices you make, the plot ends the same–which suggests the players own powerlessness to stop the inevitable outcome. I will analyze the mechanics and argue that the few things you can do (running, jumping, climbing) leave no lasting impression on the game world and so further suggest this theme of powerlessness.” You analysis itself should similarly be always focused on showing how the various elements of the game prove your thesis. 3. Conclusion In this part, write your conclusions. Talk about what the game means: what is/are its central ideas, what message does it send, what is the emotional/conceptual/ideological content of the experience it tries to create? What do the players learn from it, or take away from it? This part should be at least 1 page long
Informative Research Report – Instructions English 20
An informative research report is a genre of research paper that provides readers with enough pertinent information about a topic that they will be able to make well “informed” decisions about the topic if needed. Writing a research report can also be useful to the writer in researching, organizing, and communicating information about a topic that the writer is personally invested in. For this paper, your assigned topic will be your own academic major. It is an opportunity to look deeply into your major as an academic discourse community with its own unique characteristics like those discussed in “Discourse Communities“ by Schmidt and Vande Kopple. There are also certain kinds of rhetorical situations that arise and exist within your academic major. Finally, there are genres and writing conventions in your major that have been developed in response to the exigencies and constraints of those rhetorical situations.
Before beginning this paper, you should review “The Rhetorical Situation,” pp. 34-36 in the Student Writing Handbook, and “Discourse Communities.” Write a 1500-word research report on your major as a unique discourse community with its own DC characteristics and inherent rhetorical situations that lead to certain writing genres and conventions. Consider Nursing as an example. A patient care report is a genre of writing in Nursing with its own rules and conventions. What are possible rhetorical situations in Nursing that would create a need for the patient care report and a need for it to be written the way it is? What characteristics of Nursing as an academic discourse community might lead to the development of that particular form of writing?
Besides your instructor, you should consider your audience for this paper to be college students considering adopting your academic major. Write a report that will help a fellow college student better understand your major and its writing conventions.
You may begin your research at a university website for your major, but that should not be your predominant source of information. You must also research scholarly articles and/or books on your major, and particularly sources that discuss writing conventions within your major. The minimum requirement for peer reviewed scholarly sources for this paper is 3. I will consider a university website and a published book to count toward that minimum. Otherwise, peer reviewed scholarly sources are usually articles in academic journals like those found in the CSUS Library. In addition to the 3 required sources, you may also use non peer reviewed sources such as professional associations, websites, or other sources you feel would be useful and instructive.
— The 1st draft must be a minimum of 1000 words. The 2nd draft and final portfolio draft must be a minimum of 1500 words.
— A minimum of 3 peer reviewed scholarly sources must be used. One university department website as well as published books may count toward this minimum. Additional non peer reviewed sources may also be used.
— All sources used must be cited using MLA citation style (or APA if you are used to it and do it consistently and correctly). Both in-text parenthetical citations as well as a Works Cited list at the end of the paper must be included. See the MLA instructional handouts in the MLA Resources module.
— Consult the “Essay Grading Rubric” for conventional writing expectations.
—- Your essay should have a heading on the first page with your name, class English 20-?, Research Report Draft #, and date completed.
—- Your essay should have an interesting title that foreshadows your topic.
1st and 2nd drafts are scored primarily on completion. If all assignment requirements are met, full points will be credited. Some deductions may occur for salient omissions or errors. The 3rd and final portfolio draft will be graded more stringently on quality of writing, taking into consideration a good faith effort to improve your draft using the intellectual standards and other course concepts as well as the standards in the essay grading rubric. Accurate use and citation of sources will also be considered.
Submit 1st and 2nd drafts in the Informative Research Report module on Canvas by the due dates listed in the Course Schedule and on the submission links. You will complete a peer response letter assignment for this paper. The specific instruction sheet for the research report peer response is also in the Informative Research Report module on Canvas.
1. What is the Rule of Law and how does it relate to business? 2. Part 1: What is natural justice and what are its elements? Why is natural justice important? Part 2: Create a fictional story where at least one of the elements of natural justice is missing. 3. If there is ever a conflict between individual rights and the rights of the community, which rights should prevail? Why? 5. Discuss Covid-19 and its impact on one area of business law. For example, discuss the impact of Covid-19 on employment law, contract law, bankruptcy, privacy law, property law or another area of law of your choosing. 6. If you want to write on a topic of your own choosing please make an appointment with me for approval by March 28 , 2022. A few notes about the essay . . . I will meet individually via Teams or in person with anyone who wants to discuss their essay. If you want to choose your own topic a meeting with me is mandatory. This is not as much of a research paper but rather I want to see evidence of critical thinking. What are your thoughts and questions and opinions on a topic? “ Essay” literally means a trial. Think of this essay as an opportunity to “try” out your ideas and think things through. This essay must be thesis driven. Be sure that you can identify your thesis and use that to guide you throughout your essay. Finally, you must include a bibliography and you must cite any ideas (and certainly quotations) that are not your own. I have a moral obligation to report plagiarism. Not only is plagiarism an academic offence, a paper of “cutting and pasting” would not be a good essay because I want to hear what you think about these topics. Again, I want to see evidence of critical thinking
The final assessment for this module is an in-person paired debate (10 minutes) on one of the topics below. This approach to assessment aims to encourage students to develop a breadth of knowledge in the area of human rights, both in terms of theory and practical concerns; and to show an ability to devise and sustain an argument which will be presented orally within a debate setting using concepts and techniques taught on the module.
There will be mock debates during the weekly seminars, at the end of which students will receive feedback on their performance, in terms of use and application of theory, timing and communication skills.
WEEK 6 Workshop – Students share outlined for and against argument for their planned presentation.